AMS Book Club - January

You're invited to join the AMS Book Club for our January selection:

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

An instant New York Times bestseller and a Best Book of 2022 (People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Oprah Daily, and more), this Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times Paperback Row selection is a profound and timely novel from the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere.

SynopsisTwelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet life with his father, a former linguist turned university library worker. His mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet, disappeared when he was nine, leaving behind only unanswered questions and banned books. Resentful and confused, Bird has come to believe her work mattered more to her than he ever did.

One day, a mysterious letter arrives with nothing but a cryptic drawing, pulling Bird into a journey that unravels the secrets of his mother’s disappearance. Guided by the folktales she once told him, he navigates an underground network of librarians and travels to New York City to uncover the truth about his mother and their shared future.

Our Missing Hearts is a deeply moving story of a mother’s enduring love, a son’s search for answers, and the power of art to challenge injustice. It explores the legacy we leave our children and how seemingly civilized societies can turn a blind eye to profound wrongs.

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Happy reading!